October 26th - Ultrasound

We had our "big" ultrasound last night...where the doctor measures the head, heart, spine, stomach, etc. & when we could potentially find out the sex of the baby. Well, Baby Marx was quite the wild child! The doctor laughed as he got started & couldn't believe how much the baby was moving. After all, last time he did an ultrasound the baby was cuddled up & sleeping, with an occasional stretch. He couldn't even get a picture of the face she/he was so wild! It was cute though, the doctor said that it's good to have a little bit of "spark" in this world. The baby is doing great. Once again, we were amazed at how much things had changed since our last appointment.

The baby weighs approximately 1/2 pound & the heartrate was 146bpm.  We could see all 4 chambers of the heart, the stomach, thigh bone, skull & beautiful spine! The only picture we were unable to get was the face...for some reason we have a stubborn one on our hands! You'd better believe I hope baby warms up to the camera (for my sake at least!)

Everything's looking very good developmentally which is such a relief. Our doctor, knowing we wanted to keep the rest a "surprise" gave us one more chance to speak up if we wanted to find out what we were having. With smiles & a strong will (thank you daddy Nate) we decided to wait. However, the doctor than asked if he could find out for himself, which he apparently doesn't do very often! We turned our heads, he attempted to find out, but baby was too wild! :)

We brought along a special guest to the appointment also, Grandma Julie! Was so nice to have my mom with to share in the special occasion. She got to see all the fun stuff & was also able to take a few pics of us when we got home.

Ultrasound - 17 weeks & 4 days

Head

 Heart - the heartrate was 146bpm

 Spine

17 Weeks & Counting!

A look back at the last month...
Almost a month has passed since our last appointment & I can't believe how much things have changed! I officially "feel" pregnant! Not that I didn't before, but I am definately showing & noticing my belly starting to get in the way...everyone else seems to be noticing my growing belly as well, especially at work! It seems like my shape has made the most changes in the past 2 weeks. I'm also starting to get very anxious to feel the baby move (and know that is what I'm feeling!) I've noticed 2 possible flutters, at 15wks & 16wks...it's hard to describe, but I don't know what else it could've been! Pretty exciting! :)

Overall everything is going very well though. We've been staying busy & working on the house. I hope to finish organizing  and simplifying our "stuff", so that we can get to remodeling & hopefully have bedrooms up & ready before next spring.

Our next appointment is only days away...we go in Tuesday, October 26th for our ultrasound. Yes, this is the appointment where we can find out the sex of the baby, but we are keeping it a SURPRISE! Sorry to everyone who wants to know, you'll just have to wait! Guess that means we'll just have to come up with boy & girl names!
Love,
Jessie, Nate, Baby Marx & Windsor :)

3 Month Check-Up

We were in last week for a 3+ month check-up & got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time. It took only seconds for the doctor to find it & it was strong as could be. Everything is still going very good & we go back for an extensive (but routine) ultrasound in the end of October. At that point we'll be able to find out the sex of the baby...but think we're going to keep it a suprise!

12 weeks

I'm 12 weeks today & can't believe how time has gone by! I've had some bumps along the way, but have been starting to feel pretty good again. We go in on Sept. 23 for our check-up & the doctor said we should be able to hear the heartbeat at that time! More to come after next week!

12 weeks

8 weeks

1st & 2nd Ultrasounds

8 weeks, 6 days (on August 26th)

Our little man (so Nate thinks) is a little over an inch long, has a strong heartbeat & good looking spine. The doctor had a little giggle during the ultrasound & said "looks like we woke the baby up from a nap"...the arms & legs were moving all over. Watching everything was absolutely amazing. This appointment made everything all the more real, we loved being able to see how our baby has grown in just a matter of weeks!

Here's a 3D picture of the baby cuddling up...back to nap time!

 1st Ultrasound (on August 10th)

This is what we got to see at our 1st ultrasound appointment. Going into it we thought we were close to 8 weeks along, and found out that I was approximately 6 weeks & 2 days. The baby was about the size of a grain of rice, but yet we were still able to see the heartbeat! It looked like a flicker of light, who would've ever imagined you could see something so small (or something that small could make you so sick)!

We're Expecting!

Yes, it's true...we're expecting!! I'll do my best to put some pictures up soon. We went in for our first ultrasound on August 10th. At that time the doctor thought our due date was April 3rd, which put me at 6 weeks & 2 days. We went in again last night (8/26) and the due date has changed...April 1st, so now I'm nearly 9 weeks! We could have an April Fool's baby! More to be posted soon.
Love,
Nate & Jessie

Newlyweds!

So much has happened in the last year...we got engaged, Nate moved home, we bought our first house & got married on May 1st! I thought it'd be fun to create this blog to help keep everyone updated. Here's a few wedding pics. Enjoy!

Love, Jessie & Nate

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Here's our house...a work in progress! (Windsor sure loves his porch/sun room!)